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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Li Po
Clean Name Li Po
Feature ID 3380
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 17.20 °
Southmost Latitude 16.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 33.40 °
Westmost Longitude 36.50 °
Diameter 120.00 km
Center Latitude 16.90 °
Center Longitude 35.00 °
Northmost Latitude 18.48 °
Southmost Latitude 15.91 °
Eastmost Longitude 34.27 °
Westmost Longitude 36.96 °
Diameter 109.63 km
Center Latitude 17.20 °
Center Longitude 35.61 °
Northmost Latitude 18.50 °
Southmost Latitude 15.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 34.34 °
Westmost Longitude 37.03 °
Diameter 126.00 km
Center Latitude 17.10 °
Center Longitude 35.69 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Ethnicity China
Origin Chinese poet (701-762).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 3:50 PM

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